The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1887-01-06
Obliged to stamp on Him Again.

evening papers.
Obliged to Stamp on Him Again.
And hence We remark that the slippery
and venomous little varmint" of the
Times Union continues to writhe under
heel and try to bite, but he can't, for it
has been proved that he has /" false teeth. "
If he was armed with truth he might be
dangerous, but as it is he can hiss and
strike, yet hurt no one. In the trouble which
he has brought upon himself he seems to
have quite lost his head" (as we'll as his
metaphorical scalp) and blunders along
like crazy man gone blind, heedlessly
contradicting himself In one article he
stated that the printing section is not in
the Convention journal in the next he
acknowledged that it is; and in his last
he says it is not At this rate how long
will it be before be ripens for the asylum
at Chattahoochee But be is not crazy
he is only crooked, and frantic with inn
potent malice. He writes to deceive those
who do not see the facts in the FLoR1D1AN,
and to this end boldly challenges US to
"name the page" at the same time re-
turning to his first statement and denying
that the printing section is in the journal
We will do more than name the page
for below we copy verbatim parts of two
pages, 375 and 376, covering all the pro
ceedings in the matter, and including all
of the section. Will he say We could no,
name the "page'" Very likely he will
ton:
Section =. Az the public printing Of the State o,
Florida shall be let out upon contract 10 the forrest re-
sponsb< bidder under such regulations as the Leoisla
ture may procide.
Mr.. Clarke. Of Jefferson, moved to lay the ad
ditional section on the table.
The yeas and nays were called for.
The vote was:
Yeas-Messr. Carson, Clarke Of J. fferson. Como
yer, Edge ellis, Henderson, Hope. Landrum, Les
ley, Lutierloh, Maxwell, Mcclellan, Paterson, Ran
dolph Scott, Speer, Teddsr, Wilson Of Polk and
Manatee, Willy and Yonge-0
Nays-Meeers. Baker, Bell Of Brevard and Dade
Bell Of Hamilton, Bennett. Bethel, BLACK burn
blount, Broome, Campbell. Carter, Carr. Challen
Chandler, Clark of Jackson, Cock, Davidson, Dun
can, Foearty, Fowler Genovar. Gibbs, Goodbread
Goss, Green, Hatch, Hendley, Hicks, Hooker, Hum
phries, Hunter, Lewis, Mann. Marhali, Milton
Mitchell McKinuon Ncel, Orman, Parker, Parsons
Pelot. Petty, Randall of Duval, Richard, Robertson
Sanchez, Sheats, Stone. Thompson, Tolbert Temp
kins. Walker. Jr.. Weeks. welman, westcott and
Wilson Of Clay-57.
80 the motion t, lay on the tal,'e was not agreed
The question was upon the adoption Of the id
ditional section.
Mr. Orman offered the following amendment:
No member Of the Lgislature or other public office,
shall be interested, either dreetyr indirectly, in ary
such contract;
Mr. Yonge offered to amend as follows:
But this provision shall not affect the term Of of
hce Of the present State Printer
Mr.. Mann moved to lay the amendment thu
Which was agreed to.
MI Baker moved to amend as follows:
All pnblic printing. both State aud county
Mr. Mann moved to lay the Amendments ON the
table;
Which was agreed to.
The question was again upon the adoption OF the
additional section as amended;
Which was agreed and the section was
passed.
There it is and he has read it, for We
told him where to find it when he first
said that it was not in the journal, yet he
says in his last article " the missing sec
ton does not appear in the official jour
nal;" and in the same article he says cit
was adopted as amended! How could
it be adopted if it did not appear! What
is to be done with such fellow, anyhow
We would waste no space on him but fol-
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section that he insinuated, and it then be.
came our duty to expose his falsity and
his malice. Picking out from his last
abusive TRADE all that there is of intended
argument we find the latter to consist oil
two childish quibbles-one ia that the
section did not all appear on one SPACE 81
and the other that its tDo parts were not
printed together.
A few words more in which to inform
him of his ignorance. He says the sec
ton was " adopted" but it was then on
its first reading, and it only "passed >
that reading. Rule "a OF the Convention
reads as follows, and as the section was
not brought up again to go through the
prescribed routine, of course it was not
adopted and did not appear again:
RULRM
Every section Of the Constitution shall receiy,
three readings previous to Its being adopted The
President shall give notice ct each whether It be tht
nrst, second Or third, which readings shall be OF
three different days. unless twothirds OF the Hous,
declare Otherwise; and when any Section, Ordi
nance or Resolution of the Constitution shall have
been read the third time, the same shall be put to
q vote upon the question ofts final adoption, which
veto shall in all cases be taken by ayes and noes by
calling the roll, and said vote shall be spread upor
the Journal, and 1t shall require majority vote
all the members elected to this Convention K
adopt any Section, Article or Ordinance Of the
Constitution
The Florida Christian Advocate
published at Sanford, was so ably con.
Quoted during its first year as to establish
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